Sunday, July 7, 2013

"This place, with its rolling
emerald hills and thick forests, is my home. It’s a place where in autumn the
air smells of ripe corn and asters, and in spring it sounds of newborn calves
and foals. In the late winter it tastes of homemade maple syrup wrapped in
sweet snow, and in the summer it feels of strong stalks of hay." Elizabeth
Schofield, First Place,
Grades 7–9 Category.

The response to Echoes of Elizabeth Bishop has been
overwhelmingly positive. This Elizabeth Bishop Centenary Legacy project was
designed and printed by the award-winning Gaspereau Press (http://www.gaspereau.com/) of Kentville, N.S.
Gaspereau did its usual superb job and this collection of prose with beautiful
visual art is a truly elegant volume. This limited edition book is a must for
any book lover’s collection. It makes a wonderful gift.

The price is right, too: $15.00
(no tax), plus postage and handling, if you order online.

To find out more, go to the Elizabeth Bishop
Society of Nova Scotia
website: www.elizabethbishopns.org
where you can purchase copies online. Bookmark (http://bookmarkinc.ca/halifax/), Halifax’s wonderful independent bookstore, is also selling
copies (they are located on Spring
Garden Road in downtown Halifax).

"Now, when I say the word "camp" chances are you're probably going to think of a tent and a log fire, or maybe even a camper trailer with satellite television in it. But one thing's for sure, when I hear that word those are the last images that come to my mind. The first thing that comes to my mind is the cabin that my grandfather owns."Aaron Holland, First Place, Grade 10-12 Category.

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John Barnstead

I retired in 2014 after forty years of teaching Russian language and literature. I'm a past president of the Elizabeth Bishop Society of Nova Scotia.

Sandra Barry

I am a poet, independent scholar, freelance editor, and secretary of the Elizabeth Bishop Society of Nova Scotia.

Suzie LeBlanc

I am a professional singer who recently has become a great admirer of Elizabeth Bishop's writing. I am also fond of walking and nature. I became involved with the Elizabeth Bishop Centenary because I wanted to have her poems set to music so that I could sing them.